Cancer survival : principles, methods and applications
4. Course : "Cancer survival : principles, methods and applications"
April 3 - 7, 2006, London, UK
- Romanian participants : Economist Victoria Iancu
- Programme
| Monday, April 3, 2006 | ||
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Michel Coleman | Introduction and logistics |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | David Forman | Session 1 Survival research and cancer policy - 1 |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Michel Coleman | Session 2 Population - based measures of cancer burden: incidence, prevalence, mortality and survival |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Guy Hédelin | Session 3 Crude, net and relative survival |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Arduino Verdecchia | Session 4 Stage migration, screening and lead - time bias, multiple primaries : impact on survival |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | All students and faculty | Session 5 Review 1 |
| Tuesday, April 4, 2006 | ||
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Laura Woods | Session 6 Life tables and measures of socio - economic status |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Hermann Brenner | Session 7 Period survival analysis and "prediction" of survival |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Student groups with faculty | Session 8 Practical 1 - Relative survival analysis |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Timo Hakulinen | Session 9 Secondary measures of outcome: person - years of life lost, avoidable deaths, "cure" |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | All students and faculty | Session 10 Review 2 |
| Wednewsday, April 5, 2006 | ||
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Paul Dickman | Session 11 Modelling relative survival with co - variates - 1 |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Guy Hédelin | Session 12 Modelling relative survival with co - variates - 2 |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Student groups with faculty | Session 13 Practical 2 - Modelling relative survival |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Franco Berrino | Session 14 International comparisons of cancer survival |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | All students and faculty | Session 15 Review 3 |
| Thursday, April 6, 2006 | ||
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Arduino Verdecchia (90') Paul Lambert (30') |
Session 16 Estimating "cure" from cancer |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Timo Hakulinen & Hermann Brenner | Session 17 Statistical comparison of cancer survival estimates |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Student groups and faculty | Session 18 Practical 3 - Estimating "cure" from cancer |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | All students and faculty | Session 19 Selected presentations from course participants |
| Vineri 7 Aprilie 2006 | ||
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Bernard Rachet | Session 20 Impact of data quality on the estimation of cancer survival |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Nicky Best | Session 21 Introduction to Bayesian methods for survival analysis and the study of geographical patterns of survival |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Michel Coleman | Session 22 Survival research and cancer policy - 2 |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | All students and faculty | Session 23 Review 4 - software, life tables, references |